Massachusetts
Americannoun
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a state in the northeastern United States, on the Atlantic coast. 8,257 square miles (21,385 square kilometers). Boston. MA (for use with zip code), Mass.
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One of the thirteen colonies, playing a key role in resisting the British before and during the Revolutionary War.
The settlement of Massachusetts began in 1620, when the first Pilgrims arrived from England in the Mayflower near Plymouth Rock.
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Even though she calls Meta's changes "fantastic", Rose, who lives near Boston, Massachusetts, doesn't believe they are fully addressing the problem.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Massachusetts recently softened its statutes so that only federal Medicaid dollars, and not anything involving state funds, would be subject to recovery.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
Talulla in Cambridge, Massachusetts, dropped tips in 2020 so it could pay staff more equitably, only to then switch back in September of last year.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
This led to what Ricardo Caballero, an economist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, dubbed the “safe-asset shortage”: As investors’ demand for supersafe assets collided with a finite supply, yields plummeted.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
The mention of Conococheague Creek provoked waves of sarcasm from incredulous congressmen: “Enquiries will be made,” observed one Massachusetts member, “where in the name of common sense is Connogochque?”
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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